I know your special day is not until the 9th.. but since you may be busy with family and such I thought we better start the on-line celebration now.
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Hope you have a fantastic day Luise.. enjoy your time with Kirk.. eats lots of cake and blow out a candle for us as well.
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Hippo Birdies Two Ewe
Hippo Birdies Deer Ewe
Hippo Birdies Two Ewe!
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Happy Birthday, Luise!
Elsie...very cute!
Oh those were cute.. now where heck did the birthday girl go?
Many Happy Returns, Luise. Enjoy your special day. Thank you for this wonderful website.........Jill
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Happy Birthday to youuuuuuuu.....Happy Birthday to youuuuuuuuu......Happy Birthday dear Luiseeeeeee.....Happy Birthday to youuuuuuuu!
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I'm never far. :D And thank you!
ys to 90! 8)
On my birthday, Kirk is taking me out to eat and to a large Mall near Seattle to the Apple Store to show me the iMac. He would like me to change from my old, IBM-compatible clunker to one that he can easily fix for me from his own iMac in Hawaii. I would prefer the Mini Mac because I could keep my 14" monitor, but we'll see. I haven't needed any PC help for years...but he thinks as I age, (when is that?,) that I might want him on stand-by. I know I would need to learn new Mac-tricks but old dogs are good at that contrary to popular belief.
Then on Friday, my "ex" and I are having a joint B-party. He will be 75 on the 13th. Kirk and Gloria (the other woman and my good friend) will be with us. We do that every year. He's not Kirk's dad but he was a superb step-father and they are still close.
Saturday afternoon is THE PARTY...at a local restaurant with my sort of daughter from New Mexico, another sort of daughter from Seattle, an ex-son in law from Seattle, and one more sort of daughter from here. It will be hosted by Kirk, who knows and loves them all. (He's a hoot and sometimes mimics them at such occasions by saying to me..."You know...you almost feel like family to me!" because they all call me Mom. ;D
I already have cards all over the place and if I don't get flowers from Jim, he's going to be in deep trouble. All of the post offices and banks will be closed, of course.
Have a wonderful day(s) and a wonderful "new" year, Luise. Thank you for all you've given us, the site and the great support and advice. I wish we could all hop out of your cake and give you our birthday wishes in person, but these messages will have to do. Love you!
Wishing the best Birthday ever. I see you will be celebrating several days....all week long. Arent you a lucky golden girl? It means you did many things right...having so much love. We will not be with you in person but know you will be in our hearts. We all love you and appreciate all you have done for us. Love you very much
Nana
You guys are the greatest and you are all part of my life! What a blessing! :D
May your birthday be filled with sunshine and smiles ,laughter and love ......x
Happy happy birthday tomorrow!!! Have a great day!
Boy, this pre-birthday thing is really fun!
Happy Birthday Luise~~~May your day be filled with all that you dream of and more...
Happy Birthday, Luise! I would make you a peach cake, but last time I put it in the cd-rom to email it, it was just a mess! LOL
Lick. Lick. Lick! ;D
Quote from: luise.volta on March 07, 2011, 01:45:36 PM
Next year I will be half was to 90! 8)
So, you'll be 45? :D
Again....Happy Birthday Luise. It is getting nearer and nearet. As soon as you get your new computer....let us know. Kirk is so such a sweet boy.
Love
Oh, yeah! Sure!
Lets see where was I at 45? Happily married to the the guy who "woke me up." :D Working at Aenta Life and Casualty as a disability claims supervisor. (Good job for a nurse.) Living in a gorgeous waterfront home. Two beautiful grandsons. Life was good.
It still is!! ;D ;D ;D
Enjoy your special day tomorrow, Luise~
Quote from: Rose799 on March 08, 2011, 03:58:28 PM
Enjoy your special day tomorrow, Luise~
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Ahhh that's pretty Rose.. make your calendar my B-day is in August
Beautiful! Thank you!
Dear Luise,
I'm so grateful to have you as a new friend in my life Love and Blessings, Tara
Today is your Birthday.....da na na nana....gonna have a good time....da na na nana....
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Thank you! What fun! I decided to sleep in today since it will be a long one...but my friend, Jim, woke me up with a call at 6:30. (It was 9:30 in Michigan and he can't do the math! LOL!)
Kirk is taking me to the Apple Store to look at iMacs, did I tell you? He has one and would like me to have one, too...so he could fix it from Hawaii if need be. I never need him to do anything on my PC but he thinks the day might come. Huh? We'll see...there's that old dog/new tricks thing. Then he is taking me out to eat and home to his place to watch Sandra Bullock in The Bachelor. Saturday is the extended family party.
84 and not a day more! (Until tomorrow!) ;D ;D ;D
Great movie and great day planned! You enjoy it to the max. We will hold down the fort (and try to keep Laurie out of trouble). ;D
Happy Birthday Luise enjoy your shopping/movie day with Kirk
lol you hush Pooh
Pooh, I'm not asking the impossible! 8)
Shewwww....good cause it may be her having to keep me in line today! ;D
So you started in on the mimosas without me, huh?
Does the party ever really start before you arrive Pen? I don't think so.
I'd rather be drinking mimosas than going to work & running errands today. Is it warm where you are Laurie? Perhaps a lounge-by-the-pool day? We know Luise is basking in the hot sun, LOL.
Everytime Luise uses the smiley with the sunglasses...I envision her sitting by a pool, making her spunky statement and then immediately sticking her sunglasses back on and going back to her business of relaxing.
OMG, it is beautiful here today.. everyone should be a Texan :) high is 74, slight breeze, no clouds... I have the house open and I'm listening to the birds. My chihuahua are still laying on their hotpad because they are wimpy little dogs. My dh brought me home 10 plants last night because he knew I wanted to put in a small planter ... I thought it was a nice gesture, but now I have to find the Texas Mountain Laurel that I needed for the planter so I think I may go out and do that.. walking around a nursery seems like a nice way to spend the day.
Lovely picture, Laurie! I use the sunglasses icon when I think something is "coo!" ;D ;D I don't live where it shines...except about 58 days a a year and then we blink like little moles!
We have so much rain here in Tennessee that I saw a duck swim by in scuba gear earlier.....
Same here too. ;D
Hi Everybody - Here l am at the Apple Store with Kirk typing on a gorgeous iMac. Cheers!
Quote from: luise.volta on March 09, 2011, 12:24:05 PM
Happy b-day to you, happy b-day to you, happy b-day dear Luise, happy b-day to you... ;D
Happy Birthday from wet and gloomy Georgia.
Luise....
May today be filled with sunshine and smiles, laughter and love.
Happy Birthday
Love
Quote from: luise.volta on March 09, 2011, 12:24:05 PM
Hi Everybody - Here l am at the Apple Store with Kirk typing on a gorgeous iMac. Cheers!
Don't let those IMac people know about your site.. they'll be here trying to convert all of us.
Hope you had a blast with Kirk today... I walked the nurseries and then stopped for a mani/pedi oh and for the first (and last time) ever I got a massage... Expensive and it hurt, and it felt a little perverted lol
Sincere thanks to everyone who participated in my mom's birthday gift.
I was going to wait until her group party on Saturday, but the timing just felt right today. She was surprised and moved by your kindness.
Special appreciation to Laurie for heading up the effort.
Best Wishes,
~~ Kirk
Ahhh thanks Kirk for the photo.. we just wanted to see her smile :)
I was STUNNED!]. Totally and completely STUNNED to have you step out of my computer and into Kirk's living room with individual birthday cards and individual messages and two fabulous gifts! I am still STUNNED!
I am going for groceries tomorrow and I will get one of those Carmel things at Starbucks that Laurie got me addicted to and drink it while I shop! You are amazing! What an incredible family we have! And I am going to get something to add to my Lenox China with the Amazon Gift Certificate. I'm just thrilled!!!
I will write tomorrow about my new iMac computer and the fun Kirk and I had watching The Proposal. I've gotten flowers and gifts and cards and calls and four people sang Happy Birthday to me. I have no idea why this is the most wonderful birthday of my life but I'm not complaining!!! ;D ;D ;D
You guys are something else and I don't even know what. I love you all and I think you all from the bottom of my heart for making this such an incredible day for me. If I were a crier, I'd be hard at it! :'( :'( but I'm a smiler. :D :D
Still pinching myself. I hope Kirk will download the pictures he took of me opening your gifts!
I feel fine today. That's a surprise, I thought I would be wasted! I am getting an iMac 3.2 GHz. Here's hoping we can make friends and learn to understand and appreciate each other! ;D ;D
I have spent most of the morning on Amazon looking at Lenox China (Butterfly Meadow) and the matching stainless tableware I am going to buy with your gift card.
Off to get groceries and have a delicious Starbucks treat on you! What a fabulous clan! :D :D :D
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Here is am just after I opened your card and gifts.
Quote from: luise.volta on March 10, 2011, 12:17:10 PM
I have spent most of the morning on Amazon looking at Lenox China (Butterfly Meadow) and the matching stainless tableware I am going to buy with your gift card.
The china's very pretty, Luise. Coffee sounds good about now, too... : )
Luise, you're gonna have to take all those different smiley faces from the front of your birthday card and copy them to the section where you have abbreviations listed.
Pooh already tried out the OMG smiley 8-0
They are all so cute! I have a bunch of new friends!!!
I have been on Amazon all afternoon shopping Lenox China (Butterfly Meadow Pattern) and Accessories! I got two bowls for sugar packets, a creamer, a four piece placemat set, and a four piece napkin set. I've got to tell you, I'm thrilled! ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
I think I told you that Kirk got me the dinnerware set for my 80th birthday and I have since added the salt and pepper set. This birthday he and Sandy gave me the Butterfly Meadow stainless flat wear set. (I long ago gave up on my sterling that had to be polished and my china that couldn't go into the dishwasher or microwave!)
I looked up the pattern.. very pretty.. makes you feel like spring is here.. Oh wait.. spring is here in Texas :)
Spring is thinking about it here, too. I have Narcissus in bloom and Primroses.
I have a narcissistic princess rose in bloom too
;D ;D ;D
I just have a narcissistic princess......... ;D
That smile is worth a million dollars Luise! I'm so happy you had a great day!
And Laurie....
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Happy Birthday Luise! I'm glad you enjoyed your surprise. Kudos to Laurie and Kirk for doing all the work!
That is a LOVELY pattern of china. I'm considering saving up for just a set of the bowls or the dessert plates.
I've still got a foot of snow, but it's raining today so it should melt away pretty quick.
I'm still pinching myself! Really! :D :D :D :o :o :o 8) 8) 8) ;D ;D ;D
Here we have crocus , snowdrops and daffodils blooming ........
just like your face Luise ....opening up your surprise ..... :)
I for one could never repay you for mending me when I was broken ....
Thanking you for everything .....x
Pity we couldn't share some tea with you on your new china ....think of us when you use it :)
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Birthday Party (#5) with Family Today (Got My New IMac!)
84 and Ready for More!! ;D ;D ;D
Love this picture Luise!
Birthday Party #5...wow...
You look beautiful. Congrats for your iMAC.
lOVE
No one would believe you are 84 Luise ....you look amazing !!
The cake looks scrummy too ...best wishes .... :)
Happy belated birthday! You look wonderful! I'm so glad you enjoyed it, you deserve that and so much more.
(((Hugs)))
My first time to peak at Grab Bag. WOW! You look awesome for your age. Beautiful skin! Nice picture....that cake sure looks yummy too! Sounds like you had a lot of loving family/friends helping you celebrate. That's wonderful. My kids are March babies too....love those pisces- born people! Thanks for all your hard work on this site it's a blessing. :)
Thank you! That was the family party on Saturday. ;D ;D ;D Kirk and four of my seven sort of kids were there. I have a picture coming of all of us. Will get that up here, too.
Yes Luise is a pretty classy lady. Liked the picture also. That is what I call "äging gracefully".
Love
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Trying to get acquainted in how to get around on my iMac. This post took over two hoursn to execute! ;D ;D
B-picture of Kirk and three of my sort of kids...the fourth was taking the picture...and that's her little baby in the carrier.
Great picture.. but where's the food :)
I heard that there is quite a learning curve with the mac.. but you're doing fine.. we saw the picture
I love my mac Luise, bet you will too.
Wholes beautiful orange kitchen is that?
I'm guessing a restaurant Tara, cause it looks like they all have menus in front of them. Either that, or copies of the forum agreement trying to decided how to change them so Laurie can't get around the loopholes..... ;D
Oh I thought they were getting ready to cast votes on who here would win Miss Congeniality.
I'm gonna nominate you!
Hey Pooh.. I thought your reply to Tara was very loving and sensitive.. I was going to ask her just what kind of tea is she drinking these days. But it is a lovely color just the same :)
Was that your way of saying that you were going to nominate me? You know you love me...you're just in denial.
I thought the menus were instruction manuals for the new iMac. JK!
Hee hee...good one Pen.
I asked my husband if I could have an IMac... he said that I wasn't an IMack kind of person lol... it just struck me as funny
He just means you aren't "artsy." You're more "engineer-y." Not whoo-whoo engineer, drafting-engineer. LOL
Pen used "oo" words! Yay!
I love the oo-words and my new Mac (believe it or not) but I keep repeating "owe!" I hit a key and go someplace I didn't want to go and then can't find my way back to where I was. It has a mind of its own and is smarter than I am, which is really intimidating. I will conquer it or die trying. (*No date or time has been set for the funeral.)
Don't you just hate when your toys are smarter than you? It's like Jeopardy. Any time that I want to remind myself that I am not that smart, I just turn it on.
Luise,
Thanks for sharing your birthday pics and experiences with us. You look amazing to add to what I already knew about you - that you are way advanced on your personality, humor, caringness, and smarts.
You ladies are so funny - you had me laughing out loud again - and I might wake up my dh! :D If I do it will be all your faults. (It's only 7 am where I live.) I'm so happy for Luise - her best birthday ever!!!!! That's saying a lot since she's had 84 of them! It couldn't have happened to a more deserving person.
A special thanks to our wwu angel who arranged our little surprise. I'm still amazed at how she got around the "loopholes" as Pooh put it.
Love you all!
Hope